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Zoom, Salesforce, Target, Costco, and Other Stocks for Investors to Watch This Week
U.S. stock and bond markets will have plenty of action on the last day of February with earnings from HP Inc., Lucid Group, and stay-at-home play Zoom Video Communications expected on Monday. Earnings...
ECB says Russia bank subsidiary likely to fail
FRANKFURT, Germany — An Austria-based subsidiary of Russia’s state-owned Sberbank RU:SBER has been ruled likely to fail after depositors fled due to the impact of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The Eur...
U.S. stock futures plunge as investors weigh impact of latest Russia sanctions
U.S. stock-index futures tumbled late Sunday after President Vladimir Putin raised Russia’s nuclear alert level following stinging new sanctions from the West over the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Dow...
Is Now the Time to Buy or Sell? 7 Stocks to Consider During Turbulent Times.
I asked two market strategists whether U.S. investors should buy stocks here despite the pall of war in Ukraine. One says definitely, and the other says to hold off. Both are convincing. This is why I...
Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Face a New Rival as GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi Prepare to Enter the Ring
As new Covid-19 cases fall, the postpandemic vaccine market grows more interesting. On Wednesday, GlaxoSmithKline and Sanofi, two of the world’s largest vaccine makers, said they would submit a Covid ...
Proposed LIFE Act Would Boost Annuities’ Role in Retirement Plans
The passage of the Secure Act in 2019 has led to some dramatic shifts in retirement plans. Of particular note, the law allowed for annuities providing guaranteed lifetime income to be incorporated int...
My mom cosigned student loans for my now-disabled sister. How can we repay them?
How to get out of student loan debt. Getty Images/iStockphoto Question: My mom cosigned my sister’s student loan for her online school, but life got in the way for my sister and because of her mental ...
U.S. Stocks Rise After Russia Agrees to Talks With Ukraine
The S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average rose after Russia agreed to talks with Ukrainian leadership, while Russian forces closed in on Kyiv and bombing intensified in Ukraine. The two benchma...
The Russia Issue Is Hurting the Stock Market. How Things Could Get Worse.
Text size President Joe Biden spoke Tuesday about Russian military activity near Ukraine. Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images While stocks are reeling in response to the Russia-Ukraine conflict, t...
‘She had a will, but it was null and void’: My friend and her sister are fighting over their mother’s life-insurance policy and $32,000 bank account. Who’s right?
Dear Quentin, My friend’s mom passed away about a year ago. She had a will, but it was null and void because there was only one witness signature. She has two daughters. One of the girls, Mary, moved ...
Global Markets Fall After Russia Orders Troops Into Ukraine
Oil prices jumped, while global stocks and U.S. futures fell, after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered troops into two breakaway areas of Ukraine, bringing fears of all-out war to their highest ...
Dow futures sink about 500 points as Putin orders deployment of troops to eastern Ukraine
U.S. stock-index futures were headed sharply lower Monday evening as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to separatist areas within Ukraine, after recognizing their indep...
Online Real Estate Isn’t Worth the Chance
You can make a lot of money on physical real estate right now, but recent results from major online real-estate players show 2022 isn’t the year to play Monopoly in the stock market. The carnage isn’t...
For White-Collar Workers, It’s Prime Time to Get a Big Raise
White-collar professionals are reaping big pay gains as worker bargaining power spreads across the U.S. economy and shows early signs of durability. Wall Street banks are boosting compensation for emp...
European stocks and U.S. equity futures wobble as Kremlin says U.S-Russia summit not a done deal
European stocks fell Monday, as investors clung to hopes that diplomacy will prevali over an increasingly tense Russia-Ukraine crisis. Technology stocks led the downside on the heels of sharp losses f...
Ponzi scheme behind patriotic vodka, once featured on ‘Fox & Friends,’ scammed investors out of $900,000 to pay IRS and Amex bills, prosecutors say
A Connecticut businessman has pleaded guilty to operating an unpatriotic Ponzi scheme that pocketed $900,000 from investors looking to buy a pro-veteran vodka company. Brian Hughes, 57, of Madison, Co...
Cheap, Boring Advice for Retirement Savers: Minimize Taxes, Rebalance Regularly
Wealth advisor Susan Elser of Indianapolis says investing should be cheap and unexciting. Her firm has six advisors and manages $635 million in assets. She has no research staff to keep costs down, an...
Opinion: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could keep stocks sliding for weeks before the market finally hits bottom
U.S. stocks staged an impressive reversal on Feb. 24 — including a 950-point intraday move to the upside for the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA, +2.51% — but there’s too much eagerness to declare t...